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Doctors, researchers pioneering technology to help with lung cancer diagnosis

One breath could be all it takes to determine if someone is in the early stages of lung cancer.

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Updated: 6:14 PM EDT Jun 14, 2016

Doctors, researchers pioneering technology to help with lung cancer diagnosis

One breath could be all it takes to determine if someone is in the early stages of lung cancer.

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Updated: 6:14 PM EDT Jun 14, 2016

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WEBVTT THEY REJUVENATE -- REJUVENATED ONCE THEY FOUND A BREAKTHROUGH IN CANCER DIAGNOSIS. >> WE CAN HELP MILLIONS IN THE EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER. THE TECHNOLOGY IS UNIQUE. >> ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 158,000 PEOPLE DIE FROM LUNG CANCER EVERY YEAR. 433 EACH DAY. THE COO OF BREATH DIAGNOSTICS BELIEVES THE MOST DEADLY FORM OF CANCER CAN BE STOPPED WITH THIS. A MICROCHIP AND A SPECIAL BLEND. >> THIS HAS BEEN THE HOLY GRAIL IS EVERYONE BREES AND IF WE CAN DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS INEXPENSIVE AND EASY TO DELIVER. >> ENGINEERS AND DOCTORS HAVE PIONEERED THE TECHNOLOGY YEARS AGO RESEARCHING AND IDENTIFYING FOR COMPOUNDS THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE EXHALED WRATH OF LUNG CANCER PATIENTS. IDENTIFYING THE SIGNATURES OF LUNG CANCER HAVE EMERGED AS ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING WAYS TO DIAGNOSE THE DISEASE. >> IN THE BREATH THAT HIS PASTOR THIS TINY TUBULE ACROSS THE MICROCHIP WHERE THE COMPOUNDS ARE CAPTURED SO WE KNOW THEIR CONCENTRATIONS. WE CT COM CANNOT AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE. >> THE INEXPENSIVE DEVICE IS ABLE TO DETECT OTHER CANCERS INCLUDING ESOPHAGEAL, PANCREATIC, AND OTHERS THAT SPREAD TO THE LONG. >> THE MARKERS ARE ELEVATED IN PEOPLE WITH REALLY EARLY STAGE CANCER AS WELL AS THOSE WITH ADVANCED STAGE CANCER. FEWER THAN 3% OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LUNG CANCER ARE ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND GETTING ANNUAL SCREENING. IT IS A CRITICAL THING FOR SURVIVAL TO GET SCREENED IF YOU ARE IN A HIGH RISK GROUP. >> REST DIAGNOSTICS IS IN A CRITICAL STAGE MEETING FURTHER RESEARCH AND TESTING IS NEEDED. >> WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED AREA WE DETECT 94% OF

Doctors, researchers pioneering technology to help with lung cancer diagnosis

One breath could be all it takes to determine if someone is in the early stages of lung cancer.